Sec. 8. (a) The office shall determine: (1) which applicants shall be provided a: (A) prekindergarten voucher under this chapter; or (B) grant under section 7.4 of this chapter; and (2) subject to subsection (b) and to the availability of funding, the amount of each prekindergarten voucher or grant. (b) At least five percent (5%) but not more than fifty percent (50%) of the: (1) tuition for eligible or limited eligibility children under the prekindergarten program; or (2) expansion plan described in section 7.4(a) of this chapter; during the state fiscal year must be paid from donations, gifts, grants, bequests, and other funds received from a private entity or person, from the United States government, or from other sources (excluding funds from a prekindergarten voucher or grant provided under this chapter and excluding other state funding). The office may receive and administer grants on behalf of the prekindergarten program. The grants shall be distributed by the office to fulfill the requirements of this subsection. (c) The amount of a prekindergarten voucher provided under the prekindergarten program to an eligible child, a limited eligibility child, or a child of a child care employee: (1) who attends a prekindergarten program full time must equal at least two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) during the state fiscal year; and (2) may not exceed six thousand eight hundred dollars ($6,800) from state money provided under this chapter during the state fiscal year.
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